In regards to Fiji, there's a "travel warning" in effect for that nation http://travel.state.gov/fiji_warning.html

As someone metioned, maybe when things settle down deals will be available to this paradise.

BostonBoy,

I see that you are Delta PM. Call Special Member Services (800-325-xxxx). Press 1 for reservations and 2 for international. Ask for the RTW desk. They can quote fares immediately (no call-back). They will also be rude to you, but that can't be helped!

As far SkyMiles, you earn them on the Delta segments, but not the others. Delta segments count as base miles, of course. No upgrades of any kind are permitted, according to the rude telephone people, even on Delta flights, which are entirely under their control. "Part of the contract...," supposedly.

You are limited to 25,000 total miles, including flying backwards when necessary to make connections. If you exceed 25,000, you can buy extra miles in 1500-mile increments.

That's about all I know on this subject. I've never actually bought a RTW ticket or flown using one, just inquired about them.

Bruce

The rules for the SQ/SR/DL RTW fare ex-Australia (i think they are the same world-wide and the prices quote in AUD = 0.60 USD.FARE: RTWSQ/DL/SR

CONDITION: RWSQDLSR

RTW: SQ/SR/DL'GLOBAL EXCELLENCE'PUBL.

Code Description - Summary Rules
Fare Sheet: RTWSQ/DL/SR-RTW: SQ/SR/DL'GLOBAL EXCELLENCE'PUBL.


Airline Singapore Airlines / Delta Airlines / Swissair
Fare Source:


Validity: 1-01-99
31-12-05


Expires: 31-12-05


From Cities: ADELAIDE BRISBANE CAIRNS MELBOURNE PERTH SYDNEY
To Cities: AROUND THE WORLD

Fares Updated 18MAY00(SM)/24MAY00(SPB)/01JUN00(SM)


Published Fare FIRST: $10751; BUSINESS: $8085; ECONOMY: $3666


Validity MINIMUM: NIL MAXIMUM: 1 YEAR
VALID FOR DEPS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE


Class FIRST : F (SQ) A*(DL) F (SR)
BUSINESS: J/C (SQ) D*(DL) D (SR) J/C (MI)
ECONOMY : Y (SQ) H*(DL) L (SR) Y/S (MI)
*SQ320/321 SIN-LON V.V. MUST BE BOOKED ON
F FOR FIRST CLASS TRAVEL.
*NOTE: BOOKING CODE FOR DL SHUTTLE FLTS
LGA-BOS/DCA MUST BE -
FIRST: Y; BUSINESS: M; ECONOMY: K


Child 67% (2 - 11 YEARS) NO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN


Infant 10% (UNDER 2 YEARS) OF THE ADULT FARE


Stopovers ONLY ONE STOPOVER IS PERMITTED IN THE SAME CITY -
EXCEPT 2 PERMITTED AT SINGAPORE.


Notes * THIS IS THE "GLOBAL EXCELLENCE" ROUND WORLD
PUBLISHED ECONOMY/BUSINESS/OR FIRST CLASS FARE
- AS APPLICABLE TO THE CLASS OF TRAVEL PURCHASED
FOR TRAVEL ON THE SERVICES OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES/
SWISSAIR/DELTA AIRLINES/AND SILKE AIR.
1.WHEN FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS IS NOT AVAILABLE
TRAVEL SHALL BE IN THE NEXT LOWER CLASS OF
SERVICE HOWEVER NO REDUCTION IN FARE SHALL
APPLY.(NO FIRST CLASS AVAILABLE EX BNE-SIN)
2.BUSINESS CLASS PASSENGERS MAY UPGRADE TO
FIRST CLASS ON DELTA DOMESTIC SERVICES WITHIN
CONTINENTAL USA WHERE N O BUSINESS CLASS IS
OFFERED AT A SURCHARGE OF USD100 PER AFFECTED
FLIGHT SECTOR. THIS MUST BE SHOWN AS A 'Q'
SURCHARGE ON THE TICKET.
* SQ SERIES FLIGHTS SQ1000-9999 NOT PERMITTED.
* DL SERIES FLIGHTS DL3600-6999 NOT PERMITTED.
* A L L FARES/RULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTICE


Payment/ticket * THE FIRST OUTBOUND FLIGHT MUST BE CONFIRMED AT
TIME OF TICKETING. REMAINING SECTORS MAY BE
OPEN-DATED.
* TICKETING MUST BE COMPLETED AT LEAST 7 DAYS
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE - SR WILL AUTO CANCELLED
RESERVATIONS 25 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE IF
UNTICKETED. NOTICE:- (APPLIES TO ECONOMY CLASS
FARES ONLY).
- F/J/Y TICKETS MUST BE ISSUED 7 DAYS PRIOR TO
DEPARTURE.
- ENDORSEMENT BOX: VALID SQ/DL/SR/MI ONLY.
- SPECIAL CONDITIONS APPLY.
- NON REFUNDABLE/NON ENDORSABLE/APEX
- TICKET STOCK: SQ/DL/SR/MI TICKET STOCK ONLY.


Tax COLLECT ALL TAXES


Cancellation BEFORE DEPARTURE: MORE THAN 7 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE
AUD20 FEE APPLIES.
INSIDE 7 DAY DEADLINE 25% PENALTY PLUS AUD20 ADMIN
FEE APPLIES.
AFTER DEPARTURE: NO REFUND.


Changes AFTER TICKETING DEADLINE: CHANGE TO FIRST
INTERNATIONAL SECTOR USD150.SUBSEQUENT SECTORS
MAY BE CHANGED.REISSUES ARE ALLOWED - USD25 PER
TRANSACTION.CHANGES THAT REQUIRE REVALIDATION
ONLY WILL BE AT NO CHARGE.
CHANGES PERMITTED FREE IN CASES OF CERTIFIED
DEATH/ILLNESS OF THE PASSENGER/ACCOMPANYING
IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.


Routings 1) VALID SQ/DL/SR/MI SERVICE ONLY.
2) THE TOTAL JOURNEY MUST NOT EXCEED 33500 MPM.
FOR ROUTING VIA THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC/AFRICA/
SOUTH AMERICA.JOURNEY MUST INCLUDE ONE
TRANSATLANTIC & ONE TRANSPACIFIC SECTOR.
3) MI SERVICES MAY BE USED AS PART OF THE
MAXIMUM PERMITTED MILEAGE.
4) THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED MILEAGE (MPM) MAY BE
INCREASED BY PAYING ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE AS
FOLLOWS:
1500 MILES- P/USD200 J/USD150 Y/USD100
3000 MILES- P/USD400 J/USD300 Y/USD200
4500 MILES- P/USD600 J/USD450 Y/USD300
5) ONLY ONE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE & ARRIVAL
TO/FROM THE POINT OF ORIGIN IS PERMITTED
6) TRAVEL MAY NOT CONTINUE THROUGH THE POINT OF
ORIGIN.
7) JOURNEY MUST INCLUDE ONLY ONE TRANATLANTIC &
ONE TRANSPACIFIC CROSSING.
8) INTERMEDIATE SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED AT PAX
EXPENSE. MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE TPM.
9) DL3600-6999 FLTS ARE N O T PERMITTED.
10) SQ1000-9999 SERIES FLIGHTS N O T PERMITTED


Suggested Route 33500: AUST/SIN/AMS/LON/NYC/MIA/LAX/TYO/SIN/AUST


Surface Sectors SURFACE SECTORS AT PASSENGERS EXPENSE MUST BE
INCLUDED IN THE SUM OF THE TPM FOR THE ENTIRE
JOURNEY.


Sidetrips PLEASE CHECK WITH AIRLINE


Combinations NOT PERMITTED.


Credit Cards PERMITTED


Another to consider if marketed in the USA is QANTAS/Delta/Air Pacific which might fit your routing better.I presume you can do ATL-LGW on DL then LON-AMS-LON QF on BA codeshare, LON-SIN QF (side-trip to Bali at extra cost - QF flies the sector but it would result in backtracking if you want to continue to Tokyo. SIN -SYD on QF, SYD-Tokyo QF, Tokyo - Nadi Air Pacific I think fly Tokyo -Nadi/Suva) NAN-Hawaii Air Pacific, Hawaii-ATL on Delta. I don't think this would involve any backtracking except for the permitted European side-trip.

The Fare rules are:

FARE: RTWQF/DL

CONDITION: RWMQFDL

RTW:QF/DL/FJ Y/CL.PUBLFARE-EX AUST

Code Description - Summary Rules
Fare Sheet: RTWQF/DL-RTW:QF/DL/FJ Y/CL.PUBLFARE-EX AUST


Airline Qantas / Delta Airlines / Air Pacific
Fare Source:


Validity: 1-01-99
31-12-05


Expires: 31-12-05


From Cities: ADELAIDE BRISBANE CAIRNS MELBOURNE PERTH SYDNEY
To Cities: AROUND THE WORLD

Fares Updated 22 JUNE 2000(SM)


Published Fare FIRST: $8754 ; BUSINESS: $6797 ; ECONOMY: $3398


Advance Purchase 14 DAYS P R I O R TO DEPARTURE - ECONOMY CLASS
FARES ONLY.


Validity MINIMUM: 8 DAYS MAXIMUM: 1 YEAR
DEPARTURES UNTIL FURTHE NOTICE


Class QF: A (FIRST) ; D (BUSINESS) ; M (ECONOMY)
DL: A*(FIRST) ; D (BUSINESS) ; Y (ECONOMY)
FJ: P (FIRST) ; J (BUSINESS) ; Y (ECONOMY)
*NOTE: NO FIRST CLASS AVAILABLE ON INTERNATIONAL
DL FLTS - PSGRS WILL TRAVEL IN NEXT LOWEST
CLASS WITHOUT FARE ADJUSTMENT.


Child 67% (2 - 11 YEARS)


Infant 10% (UNDER 2 YEARS)


Stopovers MINIMUM: 3 MAXIMUM: UNLIMITED - EXCEPT THAT A
MAXIMUM OF SIX ONLY WILL BE PERMITTED WITHIN THE
CONTINENTAL USA.
NOTE: FOR THIS FARE - A STOPOVER IS DEFINED AS A
STAY OF ONE NIGHT OR MORE.


Notes * THIS IS THE QANTAS AIRWAYS/DELTA AIRLINES/AIR
PACIFIC ROUND THE WORLD FARE FOR TRAVEL IN
ECONOMY/OR BUSINESS/OR FIRST CLASS - AS
APPLICABLE TO THE CLASS OF TRAVEL PURCHASED.
* WHERE FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS CABIN SERVICE IS NOT
PROVIDED - THEN TRAVEL SHALL BE IN THE NEXT
LOWEST CLASS OF SERVICE WITHOUT FARE COMPENSATION.
1.FIRST/BUSINESS/ECONOMY CT VIA QF/DL/FJ
2.THESE FARES ONLY APPLY IF PURCHASED BEFORE
DEPARTURE.
3.AT ANY TIME BEFORE DEPARTURE THIS FARE MAY BE
UPGRADED FOR THE ENTIRE JOURNEY TO A HIGHER
CLASS (BUSINESS/OR FIRST) UPON FULL PAYMENT OF
THE APPLICABLE DIFFERENCE. UPGRADING ON PER
SECTOR BASIS IS NOT PERMITTED - EXCEPTION: ON
DL SERVICES O N L Y - PASSENGRS MAY UPGRADE PART
OF THE JOURNEY TO BUSINESS/FIRST CLASS UPON
PAYMENT OF A SURCHARGE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE APPLICABLE LOWER FARE TYPE AND THE APPLICABLE
HIGHER FAE TYPE BETWEEN THE POINTS WHERE THE
BUSINESS/FIRST CLASS IS USED. THE APPLICABLE
DIFFERENTIALS MUST BE CALCULATED IN THE CURRENCY
OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE UPGRADED SECTOR BEGINS
AND CONVERTED INTO THE CURRENCY OF ORIGINAL
PAYMENT AT THE BANKERS SELLING RATE.
* A L L FARES/RULES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT
NOTICE


Payment/ticket * DEADLINE: 14DAYS (ECONOMY CLASS ONLY)
1.TICKETS MAY ONLY BE ISSUED FOR TRAVEL COMMENCING
WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
2."IMPORTANT NOTICE" REQUIRED
3.TICKETS AND ANY SUBSEQUENT REISSUE MUST BE
ANNOTATED "NONREF/APEX"
4.TICKET STOCK: QF/DL ONLY
5.ENDORSEMENTS VALID QF/DL/FJ ONLY


Tax COLLECT ALL TAXES


Cancellation BEFORE DEPARTURE/BEFORE DEADLINE: FULL REFUND
AFTER DEADLINE: CANCELLATION/NO SHOW - FORFEIT 25%
(ECONOMY CLASS FARES ONLY).
AFTER DEPARTURE - WILL BE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FARE PAID AND JOURNEY COMPLETED (LESS 25% ON
ECONOMY CLASS TICKETS)


Changes BEFORE DEADLINE: PERMITTED.
AFTER DEADLINE: NOT PERMITTED TO FIRST OUTBOUND
SECTOR - TREAT AS A CANCELLATION (ECONOMY ONLY).
FIRST/BUSINESS CLASS - NO PENALTY APPLIES.
REROUTING INVOLVING TICKET REISSUE:
A)UNLIMITED - ONCE ONLY WITHOUT CHARGE.
B)ADDITIONAL - PERMITTED AT A CHARGE USD25 PER
TRANSACTION.
C)REVALIDATION IS PERMITTED FREE OF CHARGE.


Waitlist THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SECTOR MUST BE BOOKED -
SUBSEQUENT SECTORS MAY BE OPEN DATE BUT THE TICKET
MUST BE CLOSED TO QF/DL/FJ FLIGHTS.


Routings * VALID QF/FJ/DL FLIGHTS ONLY.
1.TRAVEL MUST BE IN A CONTINUOUS EASTBOUND/OR
WESTBOUND GLOBAL DIRECTION WITHOUT
BACKTRACKING. ONLY ONE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE
AND ONE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL PERMITTED IN
EACH COUNTRY. FOR THESE PURPOSES CANADA AND
USA ARE CONSIDERED ONE COUNTRY AS ARE DENMARK/
NORWAY AND SWEDEN. NO CITY SHALL BE PASSED
THROUGH MORE THAN ONCE EXCEPT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
PERMITTED SIDETRIPS.
2.INTERMEDIATE SURFACE SECTORS PERMITTED AT
PSGR'S EXPENSE PROVIDED NO BACKTRACKING.
3.TRAVEL TO COMPLETE THE CT TO/FROM POINT OF
ORIGIN ON OTHER THAN QF/DL/FJ PERMITTED AT
PSGR'S EXPENSE.
4.TRAVEL VIA QF CODESHARE SERVICES OPERATED BY
AA BETWEEN LAX AND DOMESTIC POINTS OR RENO AIR
AIRCRAFT BETWEEN LAX AND SFO ONLY PERMITTED WHEN
QF TICKET STOCK IS ISSUED.
5.TRAVEL ON QF CODESHARE SERVICES OPERATED BY
BA BETWEEN LON AND PAR/AMS/VIE/MAN/ABZ/EDI/BFS
GLA PERMITTED ONLY ON QF TICKET STOCK.
6.TRAVEL ON DL FLT SERIES DL3000-3999/DL6100-6799/
DL7600-7999 IS N O T PERMITED.
7.TRAVEL NOT PERMITTED VIA SOUTH AMERICA.
8.PERMITTED BACKTRACKS:
A)BNE/CNS/MEL/SYD IN ONE DIRECTION PROVIDED
THE LINE UP OR DOWN IS MAINTAINED.
B)TYO-ADL/BNE/CNS/MEL/SYD OR V.V.
9.PERMITTED SIDETRIPS -
A)A FREE TWO SECTOR(OW/RT/SOJ) SIDETRIP (OR
SURFACE BACKTRCK) IS PERMITTED BETWEEN TWO
POINTS IN EUROPE - EXCEPT AS SHOWN BELOW:
1)A TWO SECTOR (RT/OJ) SIDETRIP IS PERMITTED
BETWEEN FRA AND ATH/BUH/IST/LED/MOW AT A
CHARGE OF USD500(J/P) AND USD250(Y). IF ONE
LEG OF THE SIDETRIP IS FREE AND ONE AT A
CHARGE-THE FULL CHARGE APPLIES. CONVERT AT
AT BANKERS RATE. IDENTIFY SURCHARGE AS 'Q'.
NOTE: THE CLASS OF THIS SECTOR MAY DIFFER TO
THAT OF THE RTW.
B)ADDITIONALLY WITH USA -
1)TWO FREE (OW/RT/SOJ) SIDETRIPS FROM ATL TO A
POINT IN CONTIGUOUS USA STATES BORDERING THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
2)TWO FREE (OW/RT/SOJ) SIDETRIPS FROM LAX TO A
POINT IN CONTIGUOUS USA STATES BORDERING THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
C)SIDETRIPS (RT/SOJ) FROM LAX TO ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING: ACA/GDL/MZT/PVR AT A CHARGE OF
USD300(Y) AND USD450(F) PER SIDETRIP. IF
TRAVEL IS ONEWAY ECONOMY AND ONEWAY FIRST
CLASS THE AMOUNT WILL BE HALF THE ECONOMY AND
HALF FIRST CLASS CHARGE. INDENTIFY THE CHARGE
AS 'Q'.
D)A (RT) SIDETRIP FROM ATL TO BDA AT A CHARGE
USD300(Y) AND USD450(F) CLASS. IF TRAVEL IS
ONEWAY ECONOMY AND ONEWAY FIRST THE AMOUNT WILL
BE HALF ECONOMY AND HALF THE FIRST CLASS CHARGE.
IDENTIFY THE CHARGE AS 'Q'.
* TRANSFERS: PERMITTED BETWEEN QF/DL/FJ.


Suggested Route SYD/LAX/SFO/CVG/ATL/NYC/X ATL/BOS/X ATL/LON/SYD


Combinations ONLY PERMITTED WITH AUSTRALIAN ORIGINATING ADD-
ONS AND QANTAS DISCOVER AUSTRALIA FARES.
CONSTRUCTIONS: NOT PERMITTED WITH ADDONS.


Credit Cards PERMITTED


All these fare rules have been pilferred from the www.travel.com.au website

All that being said I still think a better option would be to forgoe Delta and use a Oneworld Explorer 4 continent fare










[This message has been edited by 3544quebec (edited 06-29-2000).]

You may want to check the Delta/Swiss Air partnership.. to the best of my knowledge they dissolved that last year..SR came over to AA and SA went from AA to DL

The partnership was dissolved, but not the RTW contract. That remains alive and well.

Bruce

There's also a DL and Cathay Pacific Airways RTW fare. You can check also with Cathay Pacific.

Better yet searching for all the info yourself is to go through a travel agent. They're the most apt to assist you in any way.